How Is Your Attendance Recorded In School/Work?

[rasterbee]

There is no attendance policy at my school, a 3rd tier mid-sized Midwestern state university. I suppose it's left up to the teacher's discression, but none of them care.

[XxflamesxX]

Some people just don't want to be in school at all though. Parents need to be notified if someone is missing from class because the school is responsible for them during those hours. (That's if the person actually came in in the first place.) Our parents also receive a text if we don't come in at all but most of the time if the person hasn't come in it's because they're sick.



Nope, just a public, non fee-paying school. I would say average, but we get nearly the best exam results in the country. (That's including private schools.)

Hmm.. Ok when i was at school (one of the top schools in the country also) you had you name read of a regester in each class. Simple as that. If you were in on class but not in another and then in the next, you obv. skipped one, wasnt that hard for the teacher to figure out. If you skived school then you needed to bring in a note explaining why. (yes many forged them) Personaly it was hard for me to ever skive school, My mother was a well respected teacher there. I did how ever skye a double period once in Yr10 (age 14 or 15) I didnt even leave school grounds and just hung out in the girls toilets with a mate messing arround. - Yeah hard core right!
Annoying thing was there wasa trip in the double period i had forgotten about, so i kinda regreted that one!

At work, my boss looks at his watch when i get in, shouts at me if im late. Simple also. If im more then 15 mins late i have a really big shouting at and have to make up the time the next morning.

[imnothere]

the reason its more important to know if kids are in school and be able to prove it is that the school is payed for its attendance. and if the kids arent there the school doesnt get payed for it. so they have to be able to prove to the government they report to that the kids were there with out a shadow of a doubt or they loose/ owe money.

i fill out my time card have my super sign it and drop it in a mail slot after work every week.
today i am out sick. again.

[Starr Spark]

the reason its more important to know if kids are in school and be able to prove it is that the school is payed for its attendance. and if the kids arent there the school doesnt get payed for it. so they have to be able to prove to the government they report to that the kids were there with out a shadow of a doubt or they loose/ owe money.

Ain't that the truth. At my little boy's school district, if you're even a little bit late they call and ask where the heck the kid is at... they are VERY concerned about attendance. They've threatened to kick my son out of the program (Headstart, kinda a pre-k for disadvantaged kids) for missing some days... never mind that we had legitimate legal reasons for not attending some days. For them, the only acceptable reason not to be there for any amount of time is if you have a doctor's note--family deaths, etc are given a "come to school or else" thing.


Anyways, they just do roll like schooling I had growing up. I'm currently a deadbeat on society apparently (housemom who hasn't found a job yet) but at my last job we had those RFID keycards to get past the security doors, cameras that recorded your entrance/exit, and a security guard who made sure you were the right person to use that card and that no one else was coming in with you.

[Richie_B]

Hmm.. Ok when i was at school (one of the top schools in the country also) you had you name read of a regester in each class. Simple as that. If you were in on class but not in another and then in the next, you obv. skipped one, wasnt that hard for the teacher to figure out. If you skived school then you needed to bring in a note explaining why. (yes many forged them) Personaly it was hard for me to ever skive school, My mother was a well respected teacher there. I did how ever skye a double period once in Yr10 (age 14 or 15) I didnt even leave school grounds and just hung out in the girls toilets with a mate messing arround. - Yeah hard core right!
Annoying thing was there wasa trip in the double period i had forgotten about, so i kinda regreted that one!

At work, my boss looks at his watch when i get in, shouts at me if im late. Simple also. If im more then 15 mins late i have a really big shouting at and have to make up the time the next morning.

Teachers don't really talk to each other about who was absent in their respective classes. They don't care if someone misses school. However, I do agree that it would be very simple to just look at the roll for each class the person was supposed to be in. I'm just saying that no teacher will notice a student being in for one class and out for the rest since they don't talk about monotonous things like that.

[trogdor1316]

Nope, just a public, non fee-paying school. I would say average, but we get nearly the best exam results in the country. (That's including private schools.)

I see.

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So what you're saying is....

You're actually a...

[Richie_B]

No, this is me saying I'm a communist: "I'm a communist."









But I'm not. *Puts away hammer and sickle poster.*

[Boleslav]

I'm going to post some words in defense of the biometric school attendance system.

As Richie says, his school used to have a less demanding system but the students abused it. Attendance is a huge deal to schools. In the US, attendance is tied to federal, state, and local funding. Richie, I don't know about Ireland, but the government has to use some formula to determine money going to schools. Another reason why attendance is critical is that it is a legal record. That is to say, if Richie killed someone and I had him being present in class, then that can be presented as evidence of his innocence. Also, attendance and gradebook software already has the faces of the students stored, regardless of what the check-in procedure is.

[trogdor1316]

I'm going to post some words in defense of the biometric school attendance system.

As Richie says, his school used to have a less demanding system but the students abused it. Attendance is a huge deal to schools. In the US, attendance is tied to federal, state, and local funding. Richie, I don't know about Ireland, but the government has to use some formula to determine money going to schools. Another reason why attendance is critical is that it is a legal record. That is to say, if Richie killed someone and I had him being present in class, then that can be presented as evidence of his innocence. Also, attendance and gradebook software already has the faces of the students stored, regardless of what the check-in procedure is.

You just gave me a perfect idea for my alibi. Thanks Boles. brb while I go sharpen my knives

[Richie_B]

I'm going to post some words in defense of the biometric school attendance system.

As Richie says, his school used to have a less demanding system but the students abused it. Attendance is a huge deal to schools. In the US, attendance is tied to federal, state, and local funding. Richie, I don't know about Ireland, but the government has to use some formula to determine money going to schools. Another reason why attendance is critical is that it is a legal record. That is to say, if Richie killed someone and I had him being present in class, then that can be presented as evidence of his innocence. Also, attendance and gradebook software already has the faces of the students stored, regardless of what the check-in procedure is.

I'm not quite sure how funding is allocated but it probably has something to do with the number of students in the school and how well the principal can beg the Department of Education for funds...

I've actually never heard of funds being allocated because of the attendance of students so I don't think that's the case. The legal aspect is the main reason I think; whether it's for murder like you said, or if the student had an accident while skiving off, the school would be responsible. They have to be sure who exactly is in school, so they don't have to worry about those that should be in school but aren't.